subcategorize
Classify within groups
Subcategorize means to divide a category into smaller, more specific groupings.
The term appears most often in linguistics, where it describes how words are classified by the grammatical contexts they can appear in—a verb might subcategorize for a direct object, for instance.
More generally, to subcategorize is simply to sort things that already belong to one group into finer distinctions within that group.
Portion of something larger
- partitioningDividing into sections
- segmentationDivision into sections
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
- stratificationDivision into distinct levels
bifurcation · branching · tranche · slice · section · portion · tier · stratum
Science of categorical arrangement
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
- systematicsScience of classifying organisms
phylogeny · cladistics · genus · species · family · order · class · phylum
Arrangement by shared traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- orderingPlacing in sequence
- structuringImposing systematic order
systematization · codification · indexing · cataloging · listing · compartmentalization · breakdown · distribution
Of small width
- specifyState in detail
- particularizeState in detail
- granularMade of tiny particles
- detailedFull of specifics
fine-grained · nuanced · precise · differentiate · distinguish · delineate · parse · drill-down
subdivision
Portion of something larger
- partitioningDividing into sections
- segmentationDivision into sections
- demarcationFormal boundary setting
stratification · bifurcation · branching · tranche · slice · section · portion · tier · stratum · bracket
taxonomy
Science of categorical arrangement
- classificationSystematic grouping by traits
- typologyClassification by shared traits
- nomenclatureSystem of specialized terms
systematics · phylogeny · cladistics · genus · species · family · order · class · phylum · kingdom
grouping
Arrangement by shared traits
- sortingArranging into sequence
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- orderingPlacing in sequence
structuring · systematization · codification · indexing · cataloging · listing · compartmentalization · breakdown · distribution · allocation
narrow
Of small width
- specifyState in detail
- particularizeState in detail
- granularMade of tiny particles
detailed · fine-grained · nuanced · precise · differentiate · distinguish · delineate · parse · drill-down · subclassify
subcategorizegeneralize
Make broadly applicable
lump together · consolidate · aggregate · combine · merge